Oil pipeline dispute

During the last months, the fight between the protesters and the authority, over an oil pipeline, has develop, generating a tension between the two sides mainly because of the cultural and environmental impact and threat this pipeline has. Each day the protesters gather even more people (the majority of them are Native American) and the police was allowed to take more several actions. The great question is: How safe pipelines are? Are they worth the huge impact they can have?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/north-dakota-oil-pipeline-battle-whos-fighting-and-why.html